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Lena Shaft

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045963
MRDS ID M233864
Record type Site
Current site name Lena Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.79922, 41.77463 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI. SW OF OLD CONTACT, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 063E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1/2 MI. SW OF EMPIRE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.79922, 41.77463
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 60 S
    Depth to top 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Veins, Dikes, Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Year of first production 1896

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 50 TONS OF OXIDIZED ORE ASSAYING 14% CU WERE SHIPPED FROM THIS BODY

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-FT. SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1896-1897

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT (200 FT.) WAS SUNK IN 1896-1897. ORE BODY WAS ENCOUNTED 60 FT. BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT, AND APPEARS TO BE A LOCAL ENLARGEMENT BY REPLACEMENT OF THE VEIN. ABOUT 50 TONS OF OXIDIZED ORE, ASSAYING 14% CU, WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS BODY (SCHRADER, 1935, P 22) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, REPLACEMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Weimer, Becky S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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